Virtual Earth map of Oskarshamn Nuclear Power Plant

The Nuclear power station Oskarshamn is one of three active nuclear power stations in Sweden. The plant is about 30 kilometers north of Oskarshamn directly at the Kalmarsund at the Baltic Sea coast and with three reactors produces about 10% of the electricity needs for Sweden. All reactors use BWR technology.

Unit 1 has an installed output of 487 MW, block 2 had 627 MW. Unit 3, which newest reactor block had an installed output of 1,194 MW. The nuclear power station Oskarshamn is thereby one of the largest power stations in the Nordic area by production.

There is also a temporary storage facility for spent nuclear fuel from all Swedish reactors.